Exhibitions / Projects / Performances
Current
Nillumbik Art Prize 2025 Finalist exhibition - WINNER of the local art prize. Showing from 4th April until 25 May, 2025 at Montsalvat Art Gallery in Eltham
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Upcoming
TBA - "Who is family?" I Am Me: Who I Want To Be - a painting and drawing body of work exhibiting at Trocadero Projects, near Footscray.
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Past Exhbitions
29 August - 28 September 2024 - "I Will Tell You Later" an installation of large sculptures that performer Chelle Destefano will interact with in a live performance on the opening on 29th August at Kings Artist Run Gallery, West Melbourne. (Supported by Creative Victoria)
Deaf Gain, Sept 23rd, 2023, opening night with artist talks included, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Flow Festival exhibition, Sept 16th-17th, 2023, Deaf arts festival, Melbourne. September, 2023. More information coming on this.
(TBA/postponed til advised as per government regulations) - Arts Residency Exhibition, in Siena, Italy. Showcasing works created from the residency during June, at the Siena Arts Institute, in Siena, Italy.
Field of Sound Visualisations, Live performance and art exhibition, Temperance Hall, South Melbourne, July 2023
What I Wish I'd Told You major Deaf exhibition in collaboration with Claire Bridge, 2nd iteration at Wodonga Hyphen Gallery Space, opening 17th September. Supported by Regional Arts Victoria
What I Wish I'd Told You major Deaf exhibition in collaboration with Claire Bridge, opening 23rd July at 3 pm at Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, Footscray. Book your free tickets at this link.
Supported by FCAC and West Space commission and Australia Arts Council
Featured in Nina Sanadze's "Living Room" project where I was interviewed and my interview is shown in a few places online but the main link is at https://ninasanadze.com/selectedprojects/living-room/?fbclid=IwAR3zgbOKIHQwrsNb1ItP3NM5IVFSieXmwuWvQftfZFob7m0dDI92kqxdhk0 ninasanadze.com/selectedprojects/living-room/?fbclid=IwAR3zgbOKIHQwrsNb1ItP3NM5IVFSieXmwuWvQftfZFob7m0dDI92kqxdhk0
Jan - Feb 2022 - QueerTech IO as part of Midsummer Festival 2022
https://queertech.io/artworks/
February 2022 - Opening night 4th February 6 pm. Finalist exhibition for the Banyule Art Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275 @ Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe, VIC.
March 2022 - Dora McRae exhibition - Drawing and Mark making art exhibition, opening 10th March at 6 pm in the Octagon stables at Melbourne Uni, on 30 Dodds St, Southbank.
November-December - Graduation Exhibition for VCA Masters of Contemporary Art, Melbourne University
September - Written work shown in an online publication with Arts Access Australia here -https://www.meetingplaceforum.org/writing-place/writing-place-2021/
April - Aug 2021 - Public artwork on display at the metro tunnel development area near the city baths on 420 Swanston St, among 9 other great artists for Melbourne Midsumma festival and the exhibiton is Memory Lane.
May 2021 - Footscray Art Prize, finalist exhibition, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Melbourne
April 2021 - 'Listen' by Chelle Destefano in the Housewarming curated exhibition program by Arts House, North Melbourne. Showing until 18th April, 2021
December - Lake Art Award finalist exhibition, Lake Macquarie, NSW (WINNER)
November - Noel Counihan's Commemorative Art Award finalist exhibition, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
October 2020 - Fisher's Ghost Award finalist exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
August 2020 - Zero exhibition at CoVA, by Melbourne University - https://sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/cova/research/feminism-and-intersectionality/assembly-point/zero-oclock
August - November 2020 - Finalist Exhibition for the Incinerator Art Award: Social Change, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, Melbourne
August 2020 - Masters Exhibition for Contemporary Art, VCA, Melb Uni, Online instagram (more details soon), Melbourne
January-March 2020 - Deaf Culture I, a solo of Chelle Destefano's sculpture work on Deaf language will be shown at the Incinerator Gallery in Moonee Valley at 180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie VIC 3040.
Opening night 24 January, 2020 at 6 pm.
January 2020 - Midsumma Aust Post Art Prize Finalist exhibition, opening night 28th January 6 pm, at No Vacancy Gallery, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Nov-Dec 2019 - Finalist Exhibition at Counihan Gallery, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Melbourne for the Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award
December 2019 - Axiom: A Reimagined Reality exhibition of 50 artists with disabilities, in celebration of International Day of People with Disability from Tuesday 3 December until Friday 6 December at the SpACE@Collins gallery, Level 1, 278 Collins Street, Melbourne. Exhibition opening night 3rd December, 6 pm to 8 pm.
Sept 2019 - Spatial Movements of Auslan performance and exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival, at Brunswick Mechanics Institute on Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Nov 2019 - Finalist Exhibition for the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize. Opening night on 1st November at the Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, QLD
August-October 2019 - Finalist Exhibition for the Banyule Art Prize, Auslan Movement sculptures will be featured in the exhibition. Opening night 28th August, at Hatch Contemporary Artspace, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe VIC 3079. Time: 6 pm to 8 pm.
4th March to 1st April 2019 - Wonthaggi ArtSpace featuring the new abstract series of the Busfires 2009, sponsored by Regional Arts Victoria
23 - 25 November 2018 - Flow Festival, The Cot Story features
16 November - 25 November 2018 - Solo art exhibition at FernArtz Gallery, Coburg, Melbourne. Featuring all my new works from the residencies and titled "Baby Moon Stories"
20 September - Fringe Festival Solo Exhibition of 'The Cot' story, about what happened to me when I was attacked and made pregnant and then miscarried
2 - 5 August 2018 - Exhibition at Other Art Fair, Melbourne. Located at The Facility, Rear of 2 Chelmsford Street, Kensington, VIC, 3031.
Opening night will be on 2nd August, 6 pm onwards. I will be at my exhibition space booth all the time between the 2nd and 5th so come and visit me and check out my artworks
14 May - 20 July 2018 - Blue Ghosts and Vintages works organised by Arts Access Victoria in The Skin & Cancer Foundation, Skin care clinic at level 1/80 Drummond St, Carlton VIC 3053
January - Current 2018 - Wonthaggi Artspace Gallery, Wonthaggi, Victoria
22 - 25 March 2018 - The Other Fair, Sydney, Australia. Technology Park
January 2018 - Mornington Art Show, Mornington, Victoria, Australia
November 2017 - MusaArt International Art Prize Show, Vatican city, Rome, Italy
October 2017 - Aus-Berlin Art Exchange workshops and exhibitions with Arts Access Australia, Berlin, Germany
August 2017 - SALA exhibition in Dulwich Bakery, Dulwich, South Australia
November 2016 - Solo exhibition, One Chapter Pub, Bath, UK
October 2016 - Solo exhibition, Metonoia Galerie, Paris, France
May 2016 - Wait of the World solo exhibition, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia
Nillumbik Art Prize 2025 Finalist exhibition - WINNER of the local art prize. Showing from 4th April until 25 May, 2025 at Montsalvat Art Gallery in Eltham
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Upcoming
TBA - "Who is family?" I Am Me: Who I Want To Be - a painting and drawing body of work exhibiting at Trocadero Projects, near Footscray.
__________________________________________________________
Past Exhbitions
29 August - 28 September 2024 - "I Will Tell You Later" an installation of large sculptures that performer Chelle Destefano will interact with in a live performance on the opening on 29th August at Kings Artist Run Gallery, West Melbourne. (Supported by Creative Victoria)
Deaf Gain, Sept 23rd, 2023, opening night with artist talks included, Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Flow Festival exhibition, Sept 16th-17th, 2023, Deaf arts festival, Melbourne. September, 2023. More information coming on this.
(TBA/postponed til advised as per government regulations) - Arts Residency Exhibition, in Siena, Italy. Showcasing works created from the residency during June, at the Siena Arts Institute, in Siena, Italy.
Field of Sound Visualisations, Live performance and art exhibition, Temperance Hall, South Melbourne, July 2023
What I Wish I'd Told You major Deaf exhibition in collaboration with Claire Bridge, 2nd iteration at Wodonga Hyphen Gallery Space, opening 17th September. Supported by Regional Arts Victoria
What I Wish I'd Told You major Deaf exhibition in collaboration with Claire Bridge, opening 23rd July at 3 pm at Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland St, Footscray. Book your free tickets at this link.
Supported by FCAC and West Space commission and Australia Arts Council
Featured in Nina Sanadze's "Living Room" project where I was interviewed and my interview is shown in a few places online but the main link is at https://ninasanadze.com/selectedprojects/living-room/?fbclid=IwAR3zgbOKIHQwrsNb1ItP3NM5IVFSieXmwuWvQftfZFob7m0dDI92kqxdhk0 ninasanadze.com/selectedprojects/living-room/?fbclid=IwAR3zgbOKIHQwrsNb1ItP3NM5IVFSieXmwuWvQftfZFob7m0dDI92kqxdhk0
Jan - Feb 2022 - QueerTech IO as part of Midsummer Festival 2022
https://queertech.io/artworks/
February 2022 - Opening night 4th February 6 pm. Finalist exhibition for the Banyule Art Award for Works on Paper, Art Gallery 275 @ Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub, 275 Upper Heidelberg Rd, Ivanhoe, VIC.
March 2022 - Dora McRae exhibition - Drawing and Mark making art exhibition, opening 10th March at 6 pm in the Octagon stables at Melbourne Uni, on 30 Dodds St, Southbank.
November-December - Graduation Exhibition for VCA Masters of Contemporary Art, Melbourne University
September - Written work shown in an online publication with Arts Access Australia here -https://www.meetingplaceforum.org/writing-place/writing-place-2021/
April - Aug 2021 - Public artwork on display at the metro tunnel development area near the city baths on 420 Swanston St, among 9 other great artists for Melbourne Midsumma festival and the exhibiton is Memory Lane.
May 2021 - Footscray Art Prize, finalist exhibition, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Footscray, Melbourne
April 2021 - 'Listen' by Chelle Destefano in the Housewarming curated exhibition program by Arts House, North Melbourne. Showing until 18th April, 2021
December - Lake Art Award finalist exhibition, Lake Macquarie, NSW (WINNER)
November - Noel Counihan's Commemorative Art Award finalist exhibition, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne
October 2020 - Fisher's Ghost Award finalist exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW
August 2020 - Zero exhibition at CoVA, by Melbourne University - https://sites.research.unimelb.edu.au/cova/research/feminism-and-intersectionality/assembly-point/zero-oclock
August - November 2020 - Finalist Exhibition for the Incinerator Art Award: Social Change, Incinerator Gallery, Moonee Valley, Melbourne
August 2020 - Masters Exhibition for Contemporary Art, VCA, Melb Uni, Online instagram (more details soon), Melbourne
January-March 2020 - Deaf Culture I, a solo of Chelle Destefano's sculpture work on Deaf language will be shown at the Incinerator Gallery in Moonee Valley at 180 Holmes Road, Aberfeldie VIC 3040.
Opening night 24 January, 2020 at 6 pm.
January 2020 - Midsumma Aust Post Art Prize Finalist exhibition, opening night 28th January 6 pm, at No Vacancy Gallery, 34-40 Jane Bell Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Nov-Dec 2019 - Finalist Exhibition at Counihan Gallery, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Melbourne for the Noel Counihan Commemorative Art Award
December 2019 - Axiom: A Reimagined Reality exhibition of 50 artists with disabilities, in celebration of International Day of People with Disability from Tuesday 3 December until Friday 6 December at the SpACE@Collins gallery, Level 1, 278 Collins Street, Melbourne. Exhibition opening night 3rd December, 6 pm to 8 pm.
Sept 2019 - Spatial Movements of Auslan performance and exhibition, Melbourne Fringe Festival, at Brunswick Mechanics Institute on Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria
Nov 2019 - Finalist Exhibition for the Lyn McCrea Memorial Drawing Prize. Opening night on 1st November at the Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa, QLD
August-October 2019 - Finalist Exhibition for the Banyule Art Prize, Auslan Movement sculptures will be featured in the exhibition. Opening night 28th August, at Hatch Contemporary Artspace, 14 Ivanhoe Parade, Ivanhoe VIC 3079. Time: 6 pm to 8 pm.
4th March to 1st April 2019 - Wonthaggi ArtSpace featuring the new abstract series of the Busfires 2009, sponsored by Regional Arts Victoria
23 - 25 November 2018 - Flow Festival, The Cot Story features
16 November - 25 November 2018 - Solo art exhibition at FernArtz Gallery, Coburg, Melbourne. Featuring all my new works from the residencies and titled "Baby Moon Stories"
20 September - Fringe Festival Solo Exhibition of 'The Cot' story, about what happened to me when I was attacked and made pregnant and then miscarried
2 - 5 August 2018 - Exhibition at Other Art Fair, Melbourne. Located at The Facility, Rear of 2 Chelmsford Street, Kensington, VIC, 3031.
Opening night will be on 2nd August, 6 pm onwards. I will be at my exhibition space booth all the time between the 2nd and 5th so come and visit me and check out my artworks
14 May - 20 July 2018 - Blue Ghosts and Vintages works organised by Arts Access Victoria in The Skin & Cancer Foundation, Skin care clinic at level 1/80 Drummond St, Carlton VIC 3053
January - Current 2018 - Wonthaggi Artspace Gallery, Wonthaggi, Victoria
22 - 25 March 2018 - The Other Fair, Sydney, Australia. Technology Park
January 2018 - Mornington Art Show, Mornington, Victoria, Australia
November 2017 - MusaArt International Art Prize Show, Vatican city, Rome, Italy
October 2017 - Aus-Berlin Art Exchange workshops and exhibitions with Arts Access Australia, Berlin, Germany
August 2017 - SALA exhibition in Dulwich Bakery, Dulwich, South Australia
November 2016 - Solo exhibition, One Chapter Pub, Bath, UK
October 2016 - Solo exhibition, Metonoia Galerie, Paris, France
May 2016 - Wait of the World solo exhibition, Gasworks, Melbourne, Australia
